The soldier who sold out the former Chief of Staff Colonel Ndure Cham is in police custody. Staff Sergeant Musa Johnson was on Monday arrested by Ecomig and Gambia National Army officers at Farafenni barracks. The former army chief, accused of masterminding the March 21st 2006 abortive coup, had on […]
Author: Musa Saidykhan
CAF President Lost 8th Election Bid
Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for an era spanning 29 years and a senior administrator at Fifa throughout its years of corruption scandals, has finally been deposed, suffering defeat in Caf’s presidential election. A former teacher and sports minister from Cameroon, who was first elected […]
How Do We Rescue Africa’s Lost Generation
The question of how to rescue the African youth has always been asked countless times. It has been asked by everyone everywhere. Even those outside the continent ask why the future looks bleak for the youth of a resource-opulent continent. The anger, frustration, hopelessness and pain is written all over […]
State Visit, Official Visit And Working Visit: What Is In A Name?
Omar Alieu Touray His Excellency Adama Barrow is visiting France and Belgium this week. Different news outlets have given the visit different titles, with some calling it state visit, others an official visit, while some refer to it a working visit. To the general public, these might just be […]
Another Political Hero Has Fallen
Lang Marong has joined the casualties of the Jammeh regime’s brutality. The deputy National Mobiliser of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has finally passed away after all efforts to save his life failed. Marong died barely two months after his release from Mile 2 prisons. His death at the St. […]
The Mysterious Ways of The Almighty and The Lessons of Life
By Saul Saidykhan Dateline: February 18th, 1982. Both myself and my homeland, The Gambia were teenagers, my country being a little older than me. Young Gambia had rudely lost its innocence only seven months earlier when the late Kukoi Samba Sanyang led a group of mostly semi-literate, impatient, and idealistic […]
Gambia’s Activists Enter Election Ring
The year 2016 had proven to be one of the toughest for the United Democratic Party (UDP) activists. This was the year when the ousted Gambian dictator planned to wipe away all his opponents that mattered. He was more than delighted to have jailed youth activists and executive of the […]
Aja Fatoumata Jallow Tambajang’s Hurdle Remains: section 62(1)(b) of the Constitution Not Amended
In his seminal memoir, The Point of Departure, Robin Cook, one of New Labour’s leading luminaries, provided a compelling rendition of conscientious conduct in the public life of a public officer. Then Leader of the House of Commons (the Commons), and having been previously removed as Foreign Secretary over policy […]
Why Gambia Must Fight Corruption
A British High Commissioner caused a storm in Kenya during Daniel arap Moi’s Dictatorship by saying that “The Kenyan Elite is so corrupt that they eat until they vomit on their Gucci shoes” – or something similar. Some 20 years later, Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Commission is trying to “life-style audit officials […]
Prematurely Break The Coalition At Your Own Peril!!!
If the news or I hope it is mere rumor circulating is true, then we are about to fall off the cliff. It is being reported that the Coalition has been unable to agree on a unified strategy to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections as some member parties prefer to […]
Lies Told About Gambia’s Mandela
Supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have huge task at hand. We must not allow others to paint us black. There is misinformation making the rounds that Ousainou Darboe is the stumbling bloc to forming a coalition in the forthcoming parliamentary election. We must stand our ground and let […]
Gambia Needs Independent Inquiry Commission
By Abdoulie John A prominen Gambian civil society activist wants President Adama Barrow to set up an independent inquiry commission tasked with looking into the economic crimes committed of the former regime officials. “This thing cannot be done in peacemeal,” Madi Jobarteh concurs. “I think the government needs to put […]